Garment hanger



T. FULLER GARMENT HANGER Filed Oct. 1, 1931 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Aug. 16,1932.

' Inventor i Wm F/flr Aug. 16, 1932. T, FULLER 1,871,600

GARMENT HANGER Filed Oct. 1, 1931 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Inventor PatentedAug. 16, 1932 UNITED STATES;

BILLIE FULLER, OF MADISON, SOUTH DAKOTA GARMENT HANGER Application filedOctober 1, 1931. Serial No. 566,347.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in garmenthangers, and the primary object of the invention 1s to provide a hangerespecially adapted for use with mens trousers.

Briefly, the invention consists in the provision of a hanger having twoidentical members each of which is insertable in a leg of .the trouserand expansible for retaining the trouser in a creased condition.

Other objects and advantages of the invention, together with the natureof the invention will be best understood from a study of the followingdescription, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings wherein:

, Figure 1 is a side elevational View of the hanger, the same beingshown as employed for suspending trousers therefrom.

Fi the hanger in a folded condition.

. Figure 3 is a top plan view of the hanger with the same inan unfoldedor fully extended position.

o In the preferred embodiment of the invention, and as shown in thedrawings, the hanger consists of a plate 5 equipped with a suspensionbook 6. The plate 5 is rolled upon itself adjacent its oppositelongitudinal edges or otherwise formed to provide a pair of parallelsleeves 7. Two similar members designated 8 and 9 respectively areprovided, and each of these members is of general U- material.

, Each of said members 8, 9 at the bight or closed end thereof has theconnecting portion 10 extending through a sleeve 7 for pivotallyconnecting the member with the plate .5. Opposed portions 11 are curvedlongitudinally, and adjacent opposite ends reversely curved as at 12 and13. The reversely curved end 13 of each portion 11 is coiled aboutitself as at 14, the coil forming as it were a spring connection betweenthe part 10 and a side member 11 for normally urging the memberoutwardly. The reversely curved portion 13 merges into an arm orextension 15' extending laterally and outwardly and terminating in agure 2 is an end elevatiollal View Of received between opposed sides 'ofthe trouser leg at the front and rear creases thereof.

shape, being formed of wire or other suitable scope of'the appendedclaims.

downwardly extending fiattened'projection 16 provided on its outerlongitudinal face with a rou hened surface 17. The surface 17 may beormed by corrugating the member 16, or otherwise formed to provideprojections which are suitable for engaging the cloth of the trouserwithout damaging it.

In actual practice, each of the members 8 and 9 is passed into one legof the trouser at the cuff end thereof as shown in Figure 1. Ininserting a member 8 or 9 in a leg of the trouser, the parts 13 of thesides 11 are en- ,gaged with the thumb and forefinger and urged inwardlytoward one another for contracting the U-shaped member to facilitateinsertion thereof into the trouser leg. Pressure is then removed fromthe portion 14, permitting the sides 11 to spring outwardly from oneanother and the extensions 16 are Thus the presser is stretchedsufficiently to retain the trouser extended throughout its length whichserves to retain the crease in thetrousers at the front and rear thereofwhile the same is suspended from the hanger. The surfaces 17 engagingthe adjacent portion of the trouser present the latter from slippingdownwardly because of the weight thereof. To remove the trouser from thehanger, it is only necessary to first contract the members 8 and 9 andthen draw the same outwardly from the legs of the trouser.

'Even though I have herein shown and described the preferred embodimentof the invention, it is to be understood that the same is susceptible offurther changes, modifications and improvements coming within the Havingthus described my invention, what 96 I claim as new is .1. In a garmenthanger, a plate provided with a pair of parallel sleeves, a pair of U-shaped members each of which at its closed end. is rotatably engagedwith one of said sleeves, each of said U-shaped members having opposedportions thereof arcuate intermediate its ends and reversely curved adjacent its ends.

2. In a garment hanger, a pair of U-shaped members pivotally connectedtogether adjacent the closed ends thereof, each of said U- Shapedmembers having opposed longitudinally curved portions reversely curvedadjacent the open and closed ends of the U and at the closed end beingcoiled While at the open end of the U merging into a laterally directedextension having an angularly disposed toothed end.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

TILLIE FULLER.

